# πόρος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From the o-grade of πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, to run through”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to pass, cross”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pó.ros/ → /ˈpo.ros/ → /ˈpo.ros/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pó.ros/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈpo.ros/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈpo.ros/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈpo.ros/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈpo.ros/

### Noun

πόρος • (póros) m (genitive πόρου); second declension
* a means of passage, passageway, way, opening
* especially passage over a body of water: ford, strait, ferry, bridge
* a pore on the skin
* a means to an end
* resource
* (biology) fiber, filament, thread
* journey

#### Derived terms

* ἄπορος (áporos)
* Βόσπορος (Bósporos)
* δῠ́σπορος (dŭ́sporos)
* ἔμπορος (émporos)
* εὔπορος (eúporos)
* εὐρῠ́πορος (eurŭ́poros)
* Ὕσπορος (Húsporos)
* ὠκύπορος (ōkúporos)

#### Descendants

* Greek: πόρος (póros)
* → Latin: porus (see there for further descendants)
* Tsakonian: πόρε (póre, “door”)
* English: porous

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1223
* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πείρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1163-4

### Further reading

* “πόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “πόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “πόρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* πόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* πόρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “πόρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* πόρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. avenue idem, page 55.channel idem, page 124.contrivance idem, page 170.device idem, page 220.expedient idem, page 293.ferry idem, page 316.ford idem, page 336.invention idem, page 456.journey idem, page 464.machinery idem, page 506.means idem, page 520.medium idem, page 522.method idem, page 527.passage idem, page 597.path idem, page 598.pilgrimage idem, page 613.plan idem, page 617.pore idem, page 627.process idem, page 644.resource idem, page 703.revenue idem, page 709.road idem, page 718.scheme idem, page 739.strait idem, page 822.track idem, page 885.vehicle idem, page 946.voyage idem, page 958.way idem, page 968.

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.ɾos/

### Noun

πόρος • (póros) m (plural πόροι)
* (anatomy) pore, duct
    Ο ιδρώτας έτρεχε από κάθε πόρο του δέρματος μας.O idrótas étreche apó káthe póro tou dérmatos mas.Sweat ran from every pore of our skin.
* (in the plural) resources, (financial) means
    φυσικοί πόροι ― fysikoí póroi ― natural resources

#### Derived terms

* πόροι (póroi, “public revenues”)